Marlene Braga Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

Lead strategy & execution of film, theater, music, literary, dance & other public-facing programs for top U.S. Jewish museum & cultural institution Work directly with CEO to cultivate strategic partnerships across major industries, including corporations, non-profit organizations & NGO's to support institutional objectivesOversee revenue generation & budget management with CFO to deliver on financial goals, establishing & monitoring systems to achieve maximum efficiencySupervise multiple direct reports to execute live/virtual events featuring global artists

Los Angeles, California, United States

Field Producer, CAMPFIRE: Conduct story & field production for 8-part verité documentary series for NETFLIX. Includes story research, coordination of permissions/releases to videotape SE Florida school district & multiple characters, select and supervise diverse crew for in-studio & field production, lead field production & oversee audio & conduct media management Head of Latino Outreach for Miami-Dade, WARREN FOR PRESIDENT: Executed strategy to deliver Hispanic vote for U.S. presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren. Geo-targeted constituencies, generated bilingual communications, influenced political, activist & NGO leaders to deliver Latino votes Project Manager, LA COLLAB: Launched initiative with The Office of LA Mayor Eric Garcetti to increase Latino entertainment representation in Hollywood. Supported outreach to major studios, production companies, talent agencies & top Latino actors, producers, directors & writersProducer, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT FILM & TV: Coordinated distribution strategy with senior executive targeting LATAM/U.S. Hispanic consumers. Generated original programming between SONY & streaming media brands, leverage B2B relationships with SONY & new distributorsChief Content Strategist, POWER TO THE PEOPLE website: Directed site strategy for mobile, tablet & desktop applications. Oversaw video/sound design & UX-UI execution for civic engagement platform to organize 100,000 youth for THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENTProducer, IMAGINE JUSTICE: Produced live-streamed Google concert organized by hip-hop artist Common, with 30,000 attendees. Supervised multi-camera shoot, celebrity interviews, wrote scripts & managed edit to post media on Facebook, YouTube & InstagramHead of Production, CUBA NETWORK: Chief creative for multi-platform entertainment brand in Cuba. Oversaw content strategy with CEO & COO; supported SVOD/OTT distribution, negotiated programming with Cuban TV, supervised int'l writers/crews & directed on-camera talent

Los Angeles, Ca & Mexico City

Supervised programming, production and broadcast operations in Los Angeles and Mexico City for Spanish-Language broadcast TV network available in 75% of U.S. homesWorked closely with TV AZTECA CEO in Mexico to develop strategy for program development, including sports, soap operas and scripted series, daytime talk shows, unscripted content and variety format programmingManaged a team of programming, scheduling, production, research and marketing/PR managers and personnel in Los Angeles and Mexico City

New York City

Worked closely with NYWIFT CEO & board to establish/execute development strategy for non-profit organization focused on television & cinematic arts

New York City

Oversaw development, programming and production of series and specials for THE HISTORY CHANNEL, H2 (now VICELAND) and HISTORY EN ESPAÑOL. Reviewed pitches from international production companies, examined series acquisitions, supervised program research, negotiated talent and production company contracts, collaborated with major talent agencies including CAA, WME, UTA, ICM, APA etc.Supervised all aspects of production including: outlines/treatments, scripts, rough through fine cuts and delivery of final air master; collaborated closely with marketing and PR teams to promote international programmingDeveloped strategy for short-form digital content with HISTORY digital team for history.com and historyenespanol.comPitched network carriage for HISTORY EN ESPAÑOL with affiliates including DIRECTV, TIME WARNER, COMCAST, VERIZON, ECHOSTAR, APPLE ITUNES, XBOX, SONY PLAYSTATION

New York City

Oversaw development, programming and production of series and specials for THE HISTORY CHANNEL, H2 (now VICELAND) and HISTORY EN ESPAÑOL. Reviewed pitches from international production companies, examined series acquisitions, supervised program research, negotiated talent and production company contracts, collaborated with major talent agencies including CAA, WME, UTA, ICM, APA etc.Supervised all aspects of production including: outlines/treatments, scripts, rough through fine cuts and delivery of final air master; collaborated closely with marketing and PR teams to promote international programmingDeveloped strategy for short-form digital content with HISTORY digital team for history.com and historyenespanol.comPitched network carriage for HISTORY EN ESPAÑOL with affiliates including DIRECTV, TIME WARNER, COMCAST, VERIZON, ECHOSTAR, APPLE ITUNES, XBOX, SONY PLAYSTATION

New York City

Conducted research, pre-interviewed sources and pitched series to senior producers for ABC NEWS program PRIMETIME LIVE and ABC NEWS LONG-FORM UNITS Led hidden camera field production for 2003 PRIMETIME LIVE segment on investigation into unlicensed cosmetic surgery procedures in MiamiManaged ingest and logging of international news feeds during 2003 IRAQI WAR including: AL JAZEERA, ASSOCIATED PRESS, ABU DHABI TV, AL ARABIYA TV and ABC NEWS LONDON

New York City

Supported Emmy award-winning team of executive producers on the documentary series BECOMING AMERICAN: THE CHINESE EXPERIENCE. Included sourcing of archive material, coordinating interviews and transcript development; managed tape library for senior editors, screened segments with EPs/senior editors

M.S., Broadcast Journalism

Activities and Societies: NY Women in Film & Television Academy of Arts & Television Sciences

B.A., Political Science